44 Facts Project:
Directions: Click here to read the 44 interesting facts about the ocean. You will complete this project electronically. The questions do not fall in order! Answer all questions in your performance task.
1. What happened before humans touched the bottom of the Mid-Atlantic ridge?
2. What is the highest mountain in the ocean?
3. How much faster does sound travel underwater than in air?
4. Marine biologist estimate that only _______ % of marine life has been studied.
5. The mass of the atmosphere is equivalent to the mass of ________.
6. What organism has been living in the oceans since the Jurassic Era?
7. What year did humans explore the Mid-Oceanic Ridge?
8. How many marine creatures have not been studied by marine biologists?
9. Kelp can grow up to _________ per day.
10. What percent of life forms live in the abyssal zone?
11. The Mariana Trench can accommodate ________ empire state buildings. Each empire state building is ______ tall.
12. Where do rivers and lakes exist in the ocean?
13. What year did humans touch down on the moon?
14. What two organism produce oxygen in our atmosphere?
15. What's the deepest a human has gone in a diving suit?
16. Does the tallest mountain in the ocean stick out of the water? If so, how far?
17. What is the world's largest museum?
18. What events can cause tsunamis?
19. What has bigger mountains and peaks than the Alps?
20. What is the average depth of the ocean?
21. What percent of Earth is water?
22. What does a mouthful of water contain?
23. What is the only planet in our solar system that has oceans?
24. What is the average temperature of the ocean's surface water?
25. How much gold can be found in the oceans?
26. What is ocean salinity?
27. Besides rivers and lakes, what other weird formations can be found in the ocean deep?
28. Humans have documented space objects more than they have ___________.
29. What percent of volcanic activity occurs in oceans?
30. What is the longest mountain range in the world?
31. Who accomplished the deepest dive by a human submersible and in what year?
32. How do rivers and lakes form in the ocean?
33. What is the name of the huge island trash floating in the Pacific Ocean?
34. Oceans have an average depth of?
35. When did oceanic life forms evolve?
36. This ocean is the hottest and can reach temperatures of 30 degrees celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit).
37. What percent of the United States territory lies under the oceans?
38. How far can light penetrate the ocean?
39. How deep can kelp grow in the ocean floor?
40. What percent of slat is the ocean?
41. Does sound travel faster underwater or in air?
42. What percent of Earth's surface is covered by the Mid-Oceanic Mountain Ridge?
43. How much would sea level rise if all ocean ice melted?
44. What information about oceans is gathered by satellites?
45. Is the longest mountain range in the world on land or underneath the water?
46. Air pollution is responsible for what portion of toxic contaminants found in the ocean?
47. You can find relics, artifacts, ruins, and shipwrecks that number more than what you can find in the _____________________ combined!
48. The lost city that can be found underwater is called? Where is the lost city found?
49. The deepest recorded point on the ocean floor is the ____________ and has a depth of _____________.
50. How much oxygen do ocean plants produce in our atmosphere?
51. The pressure at the deepest point in the ocean is 8 tons per square inch which is equivalent to a human holding up:
52. When did land-based organisms evolve?
53. Deep sea creatures needed to adapt to what condition?
54. Pressure in the deepest point of the Mariana Trench can reach?
1. What happened before humans touched the bottom of the Mid-Atlantic ridge?
2. What is the highest mountain in the ocean?
3. How much faster does sound travel underwater than in air?
4. Marine biologist estimate that only _______ % of marine life has been studied.
5. The mass of the atmosphere is equivalent to the mass of ________.
6. What organism has been living in the oceans since the Jurassic Era?
7. What year did humans explore the Mid-Oceanic Ridge?
8. How many marine creatures have not been studied by marine biologists?
9. Kelp can grow up to _________ per day.
10. What percent of life forms live in the abyssal zone?
11. The Mariana Trench can accommodate ________ empire state buildings. Each empire state building is ______ tall.
12. Where do rivers and lakes exist in the ocean?
13. What year did humans touch down on the moon?
14. What two organism produce oxygen in our atmosphere?
15. What's the deepest a human has gone in a diving suit?
16. Does the tallest mountain in the ocean stick out of the water? If so, how far?
17. What is the world's largest museum?
18. What events can cause tsunamis?
19. What has bigger mountains and peaks than the Alps?
20. What is the average depth of the ocean?
21. What percent of Earth is water?
22. What does a mouthful of water contain?
23. What is the only planet in our solar system that has oceans?
24. What is the average temperature of the ocean's surface water?
25. How much gold can be found in the oceans?
26. What is ocean salinity?
27. Besides rivers and lakes, what other weird formations can be found in the ocean deep?
28. Humans have documented space objects more than they have ___________.
29. What percent of volcanic activity occurs in oceans?
30. What is the longest mountain range in the world?
31. Who accomplished the deepest dive by a human submersible and in what year?
32. How do rivers and lakes form in the ocean?
33. What is the name of the huge island trash floating in the Pacific Ocean?
34. Oceans have an average depth of?
35. When did oceanic life forms evolve?
36. This ocean is the hottest and can reach temperatures of 30 degrees celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit).
37. What percent of the United States territory lies under the oceans?
38. How far can light penetrate the ocean?
39. How deep can kelp grow in the ocean floor?
40. What percent of slat is the ocean?
41. Does sound travel faster underwater or in air?
42. What percent of Earth's surface is covered by the Mid-Oceanic Mountain Ridge?
43. How much would sea level rise if all ocean ice melted?
44. What information about oceans is gathered by satellites?
45. Is the longest mountain range in the world on land or underneath the water?
46. Air pollution is responsible for what portion of toxic contaminants found in the ocean?
47. You can find relics, artifacts, ruins, and shipwrecks that number more than what you can find in the _____________________ combined!
48. The lost city that can be found underwater is called? Where is the lost city found?
49. The deepest recorded point on the ocean floor is the ____________ and has a depth of _____________.
50. How much oxygen do ocean plants produce in our atmosphere?
51. The pressure at the deepest point in the ocean is 8 tons per square inch which is equivalent to a human holding up:
52. When did land-based organisms evolve?
53. Deep sea creatures needed to adapt to what condition?
54. Pressure in the deepest point of the Mariana Trench can reach?